Title :
Transversal modes in laser resonators with phase conjugating mirror based on stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS)
Author :
Ostermeyer, Martin ; Hodgson, Norman ; Menzel, Ralf
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Exp. Phys., Potsdam Univ., Germany
Abstract :
Laser resonators with a phase conjugating mirror replacing the 100% reflector of the cavity, can show new mode patterns commonly not observable in this form with conventional resonators. Thus, flowerlike modes were observed by Damzen. Using phase conjugating mirrors based on stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) we observed filament structures in a Nd:YAG laser with a SBS-mirror
Keywords :
laser cavity resonators; laser mirrors; laser modes; neodymium; optical phase conjugation; solid lasers; stimulated Brillouin scattering; Nd:YAG laser; SBS; SBS-mirror; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; filament structures; flowerlike modes; laser resonators; mode patterns; phase conjugating mirror; phase conjugating mirrors; stimulated Brillouin scattering; transversal modes; Apertures; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Laser noise; Mirrors; Optical materials; Phase distortion; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Ring lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1997. LEOS '97 10th Annual Meeting. Conference Proceedings., IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3895-2
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1997.645517
